In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely...
We're the ones who you paid to see a piece of my soul for your money
And it's my job, to smile while pigs feast
Swallows slop out of the head of a crooked priest
A monster you sell is things like hell
And they know not to ask, think or tell
Bang them all like good boys and girls
And we'll feed the shit wish you only could tell
And I go...
Head first in the river.
Head first in the river.
Lost my breath in the river.
Head first in the...
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
I forget your name.
What you believe they wanna know about me
I wear my lungs upon my sleeves
And that one there might as well be
Fillin' his shot glass with gasoline
They made me live in the factory
Where the made my friends and we worked for free
But that's alright, cause my soul i keep
And these bones are mere accidents.
Head first in the river.
Head first in the river.
Lost my breath in the river.
Head first in the...
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
We weren't built to last this long.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to...
Yeah they love to.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely...
We're the ones who you paid to see a piece of my soul for your money
And it's my job, to smile while pigs feast
Swallows slop out of the head of a crooked priest
A monster you sell is things like hell
And they know not to ask, think or tell
Bang them all like good boys and girls
And we'll feed the shit wish you only could tell
And I go...
Head first in the river.
Head first in the river.
Lost my breath in the river.
Head first in the...
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
I forget your name.
What you believe they wanna know about me
I wear my lungs upon my sleeves
And that one there might as well be
Fillin' his shot glass with gasoline
They made me live in the factory
Where the made my friends and we worked for free
But that's alright, cause my soul i keep
And these bones are mere accidents.
Head first in the river.
Head first in the river.
Lost my breath in the river.
Head first in the...
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
We weren't built to last this long.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to...
Yeah they love to.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
Move it's what they say
Sell them the bones that they love to hear break
I said move to another birth place
Yours truly sincerely oh oh I forget your name.
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